xiii, 577 pages : 23 cm

"An anthology of key writings by renowned contributors, this volume offers advanced students of business, sociology, and psychology an excellent overview of the major issues and theories that concern the field of leadership. For those already in the workplace - professional business people as well as educators, health care workers, public administrators, law enforcement personnel, and directors of not-for-profit groups, this collection delivers the very best from widely recognized journals and periodicals in the areas of general management and leadership." "This book explores six facets of leadership: the myths and facts of what leaders do, power and influence, dysfunctional aspects of leadership, models of leadership, alternative views of leadership, and emerging issues."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

I. Introduction and overview. Concepts of leadership / Bernard M. Bass -- What leaders really do / John P. Kotter -- The manager's job : folklore and fact / Henry Mintzberg -- The ambiguity of leadership / Jeffrey Pfeffer -- II. Power and influence. Power, politics, and influence / Robert P. Vecchio -- Managing your boss / John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter -- Effective followership : leadership turned upside down / Robert P. Vecchio -- Intraorganizational influence tactics : explorations in getting in one's way / David Kipnis, Stuart M. Schmidt and Ida Wilkinson -- A social influence interpretation of worker motivation / Marto Sussman and Robert P. Vecchio -- III. Dysfunctional aspects of leadership. Groupthink / Irving L. Janis -- Leadership and expectations : pygmalion and other self-fulfilling prophecies in organizations / Dov Eden -- Narcissism and leadership : an object relations perspective / Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries and Danny Miller -- The dark side of leadership / Jay A. Conger -- Leaders who self-destruct : the causes and cures / Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries -- On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B / Steven Kerr

IV. Models of leadership. Path-goal theory of leadership / Robert J. House and Terence R. Mitchell -- Are you in or out with your boss? / Robert P. Vecchio -- Can leaders learn to lead? / Victor H. Vroom -- Managerial intelligence : why IQ isn't enough / Robert J. Sternberg -- From transactional to transformational leadership : learning to share the vision / Bernard M. Bass -- Situational leadership theory : an examination of a prescriptive theory / Robert P. Vecchio -- The contingency model of leadership effectiveness : its levels of analysis / Roya Ayman, Martin M. Chemers, and Fred Fiedler -- V. Alternative views of leadership. V. Alternative views of leadership. Substitutes for leadership : effective alternatives to ineffective leadership / Jon P. Howell [and others] -- Leadership for self-managing work teams : a typology and integrative model / Greg L. Stewart and Charles C. Mans -- Superleadership : beyond the myth of heroic leadership / Charles C. Manz and Henry P. Sims, Jr. -- The servant as leader / Robert K. Greenleaf -- The case of a servant leader : John F. Donnelly, Sr. -- A man of transactions / Terrence Rafferty

VI. Emerging issues. Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede -- Organizational culture and strategic leadership : issues in the management of strategic change / Clayton G. Smith and Robert P. Vecchio -- Challenges to leadership in the implementation of technological change / Mary D. Zalesny and Robert P. Vecchio -- Women and minorities in management / Ann M. Morrison and Mary Ann Von Glinow -- It's not easy being green : jealousy and envy in the workplace / Robert P. Vecchio

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